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vgaoem.fon trouble

Radatat

Posted 23 June 2008 - 04:55 PM

"Windows could not start. The following file is missing or corrupted \windows\system\vgaoem.fon.

You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows setup using the original setup CD-ROM. Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair."

Unfortunately, I think I lost my windows install cd when I moved.
I've found several guides that suggest using a floppy boot image to put the file onto a CD since I don't have a floppy drive, but the whole process is rather confusing to me - any ideas???

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SRX660

Posted 23 June 2008 - 05:42 PM

vgaoem.fon should be in two places on your hard driveC:\winnt\fonts and C:\winnt\system32\dllcache\

you can start xp from the setup disk and choose repair options\repair console

do a dir list on each of these folders to see if the file is there. If it's missing in one place you can copy it to the other. If it's in both places then rename one of them and copy the other their. If you still have the problem, then reverse the process by renaming the one you renamed back, and then copy it to the other folder. If still no go, you can expand the file off of the intstallation cd to both locations.

If you don't like that option, you could do a repair install from the setup disk, but you'll have to reinstall all the service packs.

peterm

Posted 23 June 2008 - 05:48 PM

peterm

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Hi Radatat
Welcome to G2G.
With out your cd it is going to be hard to recover from this.
Can you borrow a cd of the same version ? eg if you have home then borrow a home version.
Lets try a long shot.
Start your computer and keep pressing F8 straight away. This should give you a black screen with a choice of start options.
Choose Safe mode. If it starts with safe mode.
Click on start>programs>accessories>system tools>system restore.
Choose the option to restore your computer to an eariler date.
Pick a date before you had trouble.
Cheers
Peterm

Radatat

Posted 23 June 2008 - 05:50 PM

Radatat

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Well my main problem is that I don't have my setup disk anymore. I found a place to download the file at http://Golden-Triangle.com/vgaoem.fon but I don't know how to get it installed on my problem PC.

And thanks for the suggestion peterm, but I have tried starting it in every mode possible after hitting F8 and each time it only restarts and gives me the same problem. =(

mirjel

Posted 24 June 2008 - 04:37 PM

mirjel

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Try this. Install windows on the other computer, but only until first reboot, so in this case all installation files in the HDD.
After this, connect hdd back in ur computer and continiue installation!!!! This will work certainly.

Radatat

Posted 24 June 2008 - 09:26 PM

peterm

Posted 24 June 2008 - 10:27 PM

peterm

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No
this will be a bootable cd that runs linux off the cd. you should then be able to copy the file you downloaded to windows.
When you shut down linux and eject the cd you are back to windows. Live cd's only run the program from the cd so you can try it.
If you like it you can install it later on.